Seal-lock



UNITED V STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. ELLSWORTH, OF NEW ORLEANS, ASSIGNOR OF FIVE-TENTHS TO EDWARD QUINN AND HENRY WINGFIELD, OF ALGIERS, LOUISIANA.

SEAL-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,946, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed June 3, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. ELLSWORTH, of New Orleans, in theparish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new 5 and useful Improvements in Seal-Locks for Car- Doors; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved manner and means of sealing and labeling freightcars and the like; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention I employ a hook, which receives a card or otherlabel. This card is susceptible of passing in one direction-i. c., toward the car-bodyuntil it passes over an aperture in the car-body. A

2 5 bolt having a locking-slot and a proper head is adapted to pass through the card when it i has reached its limit upon the hook upon the car-door, and also through the aperture in the car-body until the locking-slot engages with 0 a perforated latch pivoted upon the inside of the car, and held in proper position by a suitablekeeper. As soon as the locking-slot in the bolt en gages with the latch the latch gravitates until the bolt is securely locked. The

3 5 car-door is not secured in a closed position by this arrangement of the label, other securing devices being provided, as shown.

The label, when secured and'locked at one end to the car-body by the locking-bolt and e latch, cannotbe removed without injury. Such injury would be evidence that the car-door has been tampered with.

The label maybe so printed as to designate the stations from and to which the freight 5 comes and goes, together with the name of the road, the distance, &c.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the outside of a car having my invention attached; and Fig. 2, aview of the inside of the car, showing the locking latch and bolt. Fig. 3 is across'section of the side of a car provided with my invention.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a car-body, and B the door of said car, having 5 the ordinary fastenings, B.

0 represents a hook formed and secured to the door B in any suitable manner, substantially as shown.

D designates the label, pierced at d by the hook O, and at d by a locking-bolt, E, having annular slot 6, as shown.

I represents the locking-latch, pivoted at f, and perforated at f to receive the lockingbolt E. It is held within certain limits by a keeper, m.

From the foregoing description the operation is obvious.

I am aware that it is not new to employ flexible seals to denote that a door or the like '10 has been tampered with, and such construction I do not desire to cover, broidly, in this application.

I attach importance to the external book, 0, upon the car-door, and to the other elements of specific construction as herein set forth.

What I claim is- The combination of the car-door B, having the external hook, G, the car-body A, and seallabel D,\vith the locking-bolt E, having annu- 8o lar slot 0, the pivoted latch Fff, held in operation by gravity, the keeper m, and the separate locking device B, all constructed, arranged, and adapted to operate as and for the purposes herein set forth.

GEORGE A. ELLSWORTH.

Witnesses E. QUINN, EMILE GUARN. 

